Ready, set......

The Sienna is loaded up and we're pretty tired tonight. We've been getting the house ready, I've been lowering the beer inventory, leaving just enough for when I get back. Our plan is to make our lunch in the morning and pack our school/work lunch boxes for eating along the way. The coolers are iced down with water and soft drinks.  OK, so there's a couple of Lites in there too :-)

I checked with AOK campground in St Joseph, MO, just north of Kansas City and they have lots of room for tent campers, no reservation needed. I have a large screen tent, we'll put the chairs and luggage in there and sleep in the van.  We'll reheat burgers and have Kraft Mack n Cheese, pinto beans and maybe something else. The campground has electric hookups and WiFi for $22 a night. It got one review, 5 star; we'll see.

With the camping gear and suitcases you'd think it would be crowded in the van. I took out 3 of the seats and that made quite a bit of room. With the screen tent I think we can sleep one in a seat and two on the van floor. I can move the other rear seat to the tent if necessary.

We'll all pretty pumped. I left keys with my neighbor and they are just as excited as we are.  She said they did some traveling when they were younger and she misses it.

Past 11 PM tonight and Jacob is still not back from his Nintendo tournament. I don't expect him to be much help tomorrow morning but maybe by the afternoon he'll be awake. I'm off to bed, almost time to go. :-)